Vision-guided fixtureless assembly of automotive components

Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 79-87

  Bone, Gary M ^a   Capson, David ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D Vision; Automated assembly; Automotive assembly; Computer vision; CORBRA; Fixtureless assembly; Pose measurement; Programmable fixture; Serro gripper; Universal gripper; Vision guided robotics

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER VISION; FIXTURES (TOOLING); GRIPPERS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY;

FIXTURELESS ASSEMBLY;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0037326060     PISSN: 07365845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-5845(02)00064-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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